Charlie Sheen might be kind of a jerk, but after his very public meltdown, "Two and a Half Men" discovered it couldn't get by without him any better than it could live with him. So despite the hoopla that surrounded signing Ashton Kutcher, the series has been pretty much running on creative fumes since 2011, making its finale - after 12 hugely profitable seasons - feel more overdue than nostalgic.

TV viewers who still haven't gotten over last year's bittersweet farewells to such long-running series as "Sons of Anarchy," "True Blood" and "How I Met Your Mother" better replenish their tissue supplies. In 2015, they'll have to say goodbye to 10...

"Two and a Half Men" will end its run after its upcoming 12th season on CBS.
CBS entertainment chairman Nina Tassler made the announcement Wednesday during the network's press briefing ahead of its presentation to advertisers.
"Chuck Lorre is creating...

Forget about staggered schedules or focusing on one thing at a time. Top-rated network CBS is planning to premiere nearly all of its new and returning programming during one week in September.
"Premiere Week" will kick off on Sunday, Sept. 22 with the...

Charlie Harper often behaved like a child on "Two and a Half Men." Now you can meet his grown child.
The producers of CBS' comedy smash have picked Amber Tamblyn to play Jenny, the lesbian daughter of the late playboy Harper (Charlie Sheen). Harper...

Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer, stars of the CBS comedy "Two and a Half Men," have been named the highest-paid TV actors of 2013 by Forbes magazine.
Despite flagging viewership as of late, the show makes most of its dough in syndication, which keeps its male stars -- old and new -- in the magazine's top 10. Besides syndication, most of the actors on the list have some meager box-office bucks that helped boost their totals this year.
The magazine calculates the earnings by speaking with producers,...

First Charlie Sheen left, then Angus T. Jones, but Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher won't be facing an empty house as "Two and a Half Men" enters its 11th season. They'll be gaining a lady.
According to Deadline, the new season will feature a new character, as yet uncast, who will play Charlie Harper's long-lost daughter. (That's Sheen's character). She'll show up at the house looking for her father and eventually move in with the two bachelors.
With the complete departure of Jones from the cast (he...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck had nothing but praise and warm wishes for her co-panelists on "The View" on Wednesday, her last day on the show after a decade.
On Tuesday, Hasselbeck announced she would be departing the ABC daytime show for Fox News, where she'd be joining the morning program "Fox & Friends."
For her final broadcast, which was the day after the news broke, Hasselbeck took a few moments to emotionally thank everyone on the show, from executive producer, Bill Geddie, to Whoopi Goldberg and Joy...

Someone call the Mossad: Cote de Pablo is leaving "NCIS."
The Chilean-born actress has decided to call it quits after eight seasons of playing Ziva David, the Israeli agent on CBS' hit crime drama.
De Pablo will return long enough to wrap up her character's story, but she won't be staying for the rest of the show's 11th season, she and producers revealed in statements Wednesday.
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"We respect Cote's decision, thank her for being an important part of the 'NCIS' team,...

Shark-nado!
I just watched a film called Shark-nado.
And suddenly TV
revealed a different side
to me.
Shark-nado!
I sat through two hours of Shark-nado!
I remembered why it is,
cheesy shark movies exist
to please.
Shark-nado
Say it loud and there's people screaming.
Say it soft and it might have some meaning
but I'll never stop saying Shark-nado.
Sharknado, Sharknado, Shark-naaaaaddddoooo.
You just have to love the crazy monster movies that SyFy delivers on a semi-regular basis -- you know what...

CBS has a message for former "Two and a Half Men" kid Angus T. Jones: What's your name again?
The producers are snipping the 19-year-old actor from a new opening credit sequence for this fall's 11th season, according to a source close to the production. Costars Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher will still be featured in the yet-to-be-shot sequence, possibly with an unnamed new costar.
Earlier reports this year indicated that Jones, who's headed off to college, wouldn't be returning as a series regular...